as in homage
a show of respect or acknowledgement of the authority or importance of another
They made obeisance before the king and queen. She earned herself some political enemies when she failed to make the proper obeisance to those in power.
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Other actors picked up Brando’s mannerisms: the twitchy immediacy, the cavalier way with dialogue, an obeisance to the Method, disdain for the press.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
But positioning her as Ethan’s maybe-girlfriend — as if in obeisance to and at the same time defiance of some foundational rule of musical theater — undoes that work.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Even in social life, this does not require thanks, and in your office, doing so would seem to accept it as obeisance.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
Suu Kyi remains a revered figure in Myanmar, but international backers were horrified by her obeisance to the military and her public accession to flagrant rights violations carried out by the generals, including the 2017 crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
—David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
But positioning her as Ethan’s maybe-girlfriend — as if in obeisance to and at the same time defiance of some foundational rule of musical theater — undoes that work.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Even in social life, this does not require thanks, and in your office, doing so would seem to accept it as obeisance.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
Suu Kyi remains a revered figure in Myanmar, but international backers were horrified by her obeisance to the military and her public accession to flagrant rights violations carried out by the generals, including the 2017 crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
—David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
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